Snowy Owl at Col. Sam Smith Park: Dec. 20, 2022

For the next few months, it is reasonably reliable that a Snowy Owl will be on the docks at Col. Sam Smith Park. Not guaranteed of course.

Sometimes they will be on a fence post beside a farm field like this one which I found in Quebec last winter.

Snowy Owl

Sometimes they will be perched on ice:

Snowy Owl (female)

Here is today’s owl:

Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

Other birds:

Mallard (male)
Buffleheads (female)
American Black Ducks
Long-tailed Duck (male)
Bufflehead (female)
Red-breasted Merganser (female)
Bufflehead (female)
Mute Swans
American Robin
Bufflehead (female)
Mourning Dove
Bufflehead (female)
Long-tailed Ducks
Northern Cardinal and American Robin
Long-tailed Ducks (female)
American Robins
Common Goldeneye (male)
American Robin
Long-tailed Duck (male)
Northern Cardinal (male)

MAILBOX

An interesting bit of information about Harriet Tubman (and owls 🦉):

NATURE POETRY

On the whirl of the bitter gale,
and the northern sleet and snow,
Our flight can pierce the thickest fog,
or the strongest winds that blow.  – Harry R. Peterson, “Song of the Wild Geese,” 1912

Miles Hearn

1 thought on “Snowy Owl at Col. Sam Smith Park: Dec. 20, 2022

  1. Lisa Volkov

    A Snowy Owl! Already! And it isn’t even officially winter, yet–(later today, 4:48 p.m., I believe). Fantastic!

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